5 Nightly Guest Part 2 (1/2)
'Why is Lazy Sword...?'
The black haired boy in front of him was the same person that he and Lady Orelly had deemed pathetic.
”Really? Didn't you want me to reveal myself?”
Riley questioned the hooded man.
Riley continued to walk towards him until he was but a breath away from him.
”What, were you frightened that much?”
The man was armed with a dagger, but Riley remained as calm as ever.
In fact, he went so far as to knock on the man's forehead with his right hand.
Asking him to not just stand there, and speak.
'This…'
It was hard for the man to believe this was the same person who cast away his sword after a single strike in the training ground.
'Is this really the same Riley?'
The hooded man did not dare to make even the slightest move.
He felt as if any sudden movement would result in his body being sliced into shreds.
”This will be boring if you don't have any reaction.”
Riley continued in his leisurely manner while clicking his tongue.
”I guess it's going to be difficult to have an intelligent conversation with such an untimely guest.”
Riley folded his arms, glanced at the dagger on the man's side, then asked with a cold look.
”I'll ask you only once. There'll be no second chance.”
”...”
”If you answer, I'll let you go.”
He had just seen the pathetic strike Riley had made a few moments ago.
And now blackmail?
What a joke.
Yet...
He could not let out a laugh, instead his entire body just stood motionless.
”What I want to know is...”
His cold eyes grew narrow.
Feeling his heart pounding, the hooded man swallowed his saliva.
He was finally allowed to do so.
”...Why did you visit Lady Orelly's bedroom?”
”...”
By the time the hooded man noticed it, his lips began to tremble.
The calm moonlight that lit the corridor slowly began to fade away.
***
Late in the evening, Iphelleta mansion library.
”Young master! Where are you? Young master!”
Ian abruptly entered and looked for signs of Riley.
There were traces of an incident here, causing Ian to investigate.
”Young master!”
Riley, who was lying on a couch with a book on his face, groaned and turned his body.
”Young master, wake up!”
”Ah, what? What's it now?”
Riley looked at Ian while rubbing his eyes drowsily.
His frown looked as if asking 'Why did you interrupt my sweet nap?'.
”If you want to talk about the sword again...”
”I will get back to that later. But that's not important right now!”
Riley, who was expecting endless lectures from Ian, tilted his head in questioning.
”What is it then?”
”A body was found in the mansion.”
”Hm?”
”A body! A corpse!”
Riley looked at Ian as if he had gone crazy.
”What the hell are you on about?”
The Riley of now was nothing like how he had been when Iris had collapsed.
”Haaa...”
His eyes had potential when he grabbed the sword, although the result was quite lacking.
Ian sighed as he remembered of the expectations he had before.
”It is a good thing I made it.”
When Ian mumbled to himself, Riley's face turned even sourer.
”A better explanation please.”
”An unknown man dressed in black was found. In front of Lady Orelly's room.”
”Huh, really?”
Riley asked, as if unable to believe it.